Mother stages son’s abduction to unite baby with his biological father

Mother fakes her four-month-old son’s abduction in a bid to unite the baby with his biological father whom she had an affair with

  • The mother, Liu, had an affair with her high school classmate and got pregnant
  • She gave birth four months ago and hoped to unite her son with his real father
  • She lied to police and said baby was ‘stolen’ after she fainted near a park in China
  • Case gripped nation’s attention over the past week as revelations came to light
  • Police have detained the biological father, his sister and a friend involved in plot 

Police in central China have detained three people in relation to a fake abduction of a four-month-old baby boy in a case that has gripped the nation’s attention over the past week.

The incident first came to light last Thursday when the infant was reported to have been taken from his mother, surnamed Liu, after she fainted near a park in Zhoukou, Hanan province.

On Monday, it was revealed that the mother had staged her child’s abduction in order to reunite the baby with his real father whom she had an affair with, Chinese media reported.

Authorities in Zhoukou, Henan province last Thursday said the four-month-old infant was ‘stolen’ from his mother who had fainted on the street near a park at about 11:45am

In a statement released on the day the child went missing, Zhoukou police offered a reward of 50,000 yuan (£5,700) to anyone with information leading to the child’s discovery as well as the suspect’s capture.

The boy’s father, identified by his surname Zhu, accused the child snatcher of having ‘poor conscience’ and also offered a 100,000 yuan (£11,300) reward for his son’s return.

The case generated widespread media coverage and triggered nation-wide efforts to locate the baby.

On Sunday, police said in a statement that the child had been ‘safely retrieved’ in Zhengzhou city, more than 200 kilometres (124 miles) away from Zhoukou where he was taken.

The location where the mother said her baby was taken (circled) was a blind spot and surveillance footage yielded no results, according to Beijing Youth Daily

Officers could not identify a suspect after investigating the scene and interviewing witnesses

According to Beijing Youth Daily, police officers could not identify a suspect after investigating the scene and interviewing witnesses. 

The location where the mother said her baby was taken was a blind spot and surveillance footage yielded no results.

Chinese media also raised suspicions after police started to describe the incident as ‘loss of baby’ in their new statement rather than ‘abduction of baby’ as previously worded. 

On Monday, police revealed that Liu had orchestrated the abduction so that the baby could unite with his biological father, a man named Wang whom she had an affair with, Beijing News reported. 

The pair were reportedly high school classmates and started an affair after reconnecting with each other in 2017.

While the report did not name the father, a statement released by the disciplinary committee of the Chuzhou Military Region in Anhui province said that one of their staff members, Wang Yidi, was a suspect in the abduction and was under investigation. 

Footage released by Chinese media last week purportedly shows an individual pushing the child in a pram across a road after taking him from his unconscious mother in Zhoukou, Henan. It was revealed on Monday that the mother staged her own son’s abduction

On Monday, police revealed that Liu had orchestrated the abduction so that the baby could unite with his biological father, a man named Wang whom she had an affair with 

Wang Yidi is a political officer of the People’s Armed Forces Department in Langya district, the statement said. 

‘If the investigation confirms the allegations, we will not tolerate the behaviour and will hand out severe punishment,’ it added.

According to Beijing News, Wang took the baby from Liu’s home and gave him to a woman named Li, a mutual friend.

Li then handed the child to Wang’s sister, who transported the child to her home in Zhengzhou. In the meantime, Liu orchestrated the abduction at the park and lied about her passing out and the baby being taken.

The mother, who is still nursing her child, was not in police custody, but the mutual friend who was involved in the plot, the biological father and his sister, have all been detained.

Police are carrying out further investigations, the report added.

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